Dickens

See also: dickens

English

Etymology

From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkɪnz/

Proper noun

Dickens

A surname originating as a patronymic.
(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Charles Dickens, English novelist.
A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

Transliterations of the surname

Chinese:
Mandarin: 狄更斯 (zh) (Dígèngsī)
Japanese: ディケンズ (Dikenzu)
Polish: Dickens m
Russian: Ди́ккенс (ru) (Díkkens)

See also

Charles Dickens, English novelist

Further reading

Dickens at OneLook Dictionary Search
“Dickens”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
“Dickens”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“Dickens”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

snicked

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dickens.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kɛns/
Rhymes: -ikɛns
Syllabification: Di‧ckens

Proper noun

Dickens m pers

Charles Dickens

Declension

Declension of Dickens

	singular
nominative	Dickens
genitive	Dickensa
dative	Dickensowi
accusative	Dickensa
instrumental	Dickensem
locative	Dickensie
vocative	Dickensie

Further reading

Dickens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Dickens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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